Johan Jakob Nervander
Johan Jakob Nervander was born on February 23, 1805. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Johan Jakob Nervander
Johan Jakob Nervander (23 February 1805 – 15 March 1848) was a Finnish poet, physicist, and meteorologist. He was born to Johan Nervander, a pharmacist in Uusikaupunki, and his wife Beata Bergbom. In 1820, Nervander became a student at the Royal Academy of Turku where he was a friend of Johan Ludvig Runeberg. During the period 1832-1836, Nervander went on a long journey to central and southern Europe, funded by a scholarship for traveling awarded by the Royal Academy of Turku. During this journey, he became interested in geomagnetism upon meeting Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Carl Friedrich Gauss…